# Jerry Magee > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jerry_Magee > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jerry_Magee.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Magee > Source revision: 1300740314 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American newspaper columnist (1928–2019)}} {{for|the American golfer|Jerry McGee}} {{Infobox writer | name = Jerry Magee | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date ={{birth date|1928|4|11}} | birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S. | death_date ={{death date and age|2019|1|2|1928|4|28}} | death_place = [San Diego, California](/source/San_Diego%2C_California), U.S. | occupation = [Journalist](/source/Journalist), [columnist](/source/columnist) | period = | genre = Sports | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = }} '''Jerome Field Magee''' (April 11, 1928 – January 2, 2019) was an American newspaper [columnist](/source/columnist). Magee was a sports writer in San Diego for 52 years, retiring from the ''[San Diego Union-Tribune](/source/San_Diego_Union-Tribune)'' in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.lvrj.com/sports/tennis-anyone-not-right-now-in-the-united-states-124696454.html|newspaper=[Las Vegas Review-Journal](/source/Las_Vegas_Review-Journal) |title=Tennis, anyone? Not right now in the United States |date=June 29, 2011|last=Graney |first=Ed|accessdate=March 3, 2012}} He began his career more than five decades earlier at the then-''[San Diego Union](/source/The_San_Diego_Union-Tribune)'' and also wrote for ''[Pro Football Weekly](/source/Pro_Football_Weekly)''.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-27-sp-briefing27-story.html |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |title=And you get your own plane |date=July 27, 2007 |last=Norwood |first=Robynn |access-date=March 3, 2012}} ==Biography== Magee, who was born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), was raised in Nebraska. He graduated in 1950 from the [University of Nebraska](/source/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln).[http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nfl/magee/index.html ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', About Jerry Magee] He served in the Army in Korea.[https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-jerry-magee-obit-san-diego-canepa-20190102-story.html Jerry Magee, legendary San Diego sports writer, dies at 90] ==Career== His first job newspaper job was as a copyboy at the ''[Omaha World-Herald](/source/Omaha_World-Herald)'', where one of his tasks was to mix flour and water into the paste used by copy readers. He joined the ''San Diego Union-Tribune'' in 1956. Magee was called "an [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League) apologist" by his contemporaries who covered NFL football, adopting it himself and regularly quoting it.[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/08/iconic-raiders-owner-helped-mold-nfl/ ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', "Iconic Raiders owner helped mold NFL," October 8, 2011] He took on what he has called the "NFL apologists," including William Wallace, sports columnist with ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', and [Jerry Green](/source/Jerry_Green_(writer)) of the ''[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press)'', in Magee's attempt to puncture what he called "NFL myths." Magee brought attention to the AFL's style of football, including writing about [Will McDonough](/source/Will_McDonough) and his service on the American Football League [Hall of Fame](/source/Hall_of_Fame) board of selectors.{{cite web | url=http://www.remembertheafl.com/AFLcontributors.htm#MageeText | title=American Football League Contributors | accessdate=2007-08-05 | work=Unofficial "American Football League Hall of Fame" at the Coniglio family website}} Magee wrote frequently about interviews he had with [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League) superfan, archivist and historian Ange Coniglio. Upon Magee's retirement in September 2008, the ''Union-Tribune'' published a tribute article about Magee that was written by people he covered and worked with, including former [San Diego Chargers](/source/San_Diego_Chargers) running back [Hank Bauer](/source/Hank_Bauer).[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080927/news_7s27mageefix.html "About Jerry Magee: Stories about the Union-Tribune's longtime sportswriter," September 27, 2008] ==Recognition== October 29, 2008 was proclaimed "Jerry Magee Day" by the [San Diego City Council](/source/San_Diego_City_Council) in recognition of his more than 50 years as "one of the region's top sports writers."[https://docs.sandiego.gov/councildockets_attach/2008/November/11-18-2008_Item_147.pdf San Diego City Council docket, "October 29, 2008 to be 'Jerry Magee Day' in San Diego," October 27, 2008] In 1987, Magee was given the [Dick McCann Memorial Award](/source/Dick_McCann_Memorial_Award) from the Professional Football Writers of America organization, which is handed out to reporters who have made "a long and distinguished contribution" to pro football through coverage.[http://www.pfwa.org/members/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=98 Pro Football Writers, "PFWA Announces Winners' (scroll down to previous winners)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130415153236/http://www.pfwa.org/members/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=98 |date=2013-04-15 }} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *[http://www.utsandiego.com/staff/jerry-magee/ ''San Diego Union-Tribune'' Staff articles by Jerry Magee] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Magee, Jerry}} Category:Sportswriters from Illinois Category:Writers from Chicago Category:Military personnel from Illinois Category:University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Category:American Football League contributors Category:Bill Nunn Memorial Award recipients Category:1928 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Sportswriters from California Category:Writers from San Diego --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jerry Magee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Magee) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Magee?action=history)). 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